Gas Safety Certificates

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Gas Safety Certificate
explained

By law, under the Gas
Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, it's your responsibility to get
a Gas Safety Certificate every twelve months. You must get this from a Gas Safe
Registered engineer for all pipe work, gas appliances and flues installed at
your property.

If you use an agent to manage your property, you need to make sure your
contract clearly states in black and white whose responsibility it is to carry
out maintenance on gas appliances. You must also keep copies of all the
paperwork. You'll need to keep a record of the safety inspection for two years,
and give a copy to all of your tenants within 28 days of the inspection. If
your tenants change, they'll need a copy of the Gas Safety Certificate before
they move in. If your contract says the agent is responsible, then the Gas
Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 are passed on to them.

Top tips

·Legally you only have to carry out a
gas safety inspection every twelve months, but it’s a good idea to get
appliances checked between tenants too. Then you’ll be sure your appliances are
in tip-top condition before your new tenants move in.

·Installing a Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm
comes highly recommended – not just by us, but by HSE too. It’s the best way to
make sure your tenants are safe from dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. But
an alarm should never replace regular maintenance and safety checks.

·Since the 1st October 2013, it has been
a legal requirement in Scotland to have a CO alarm installed in the same room
as a new or replacement fixed fossil fuel burning heating appliance - this
includes gas appliances. Whilst a legal requirement has existed in England
& Wales since 1st October 2010 to have a CO alarm installed in the same
room as a new or replacement fixed solid fuel appliance this does not include
gas appliances. However it is still recommended when gas appliances are present
to help ensure safety. The alarm may be hard wired or battery powered to
comply.

What you’ll get with a Gas Safety Certificate:

·Your gas appliances will be checked for
gas tightness.

·If test points are available, standing
and working pressure will be tested.